Hello XDA community! Please download Darkroom Gallery:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobato.gallery
If you have any feedback, comments, suggestions or bug reports please use this thread or send feedback directly from the app.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Google Play Store Link - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobato.gallery
More screenshots on the Play Store link - thanks for your time and I hope you enjoy using the app
XDA:DevDB Information
Darkroom Gallery, App for all devices (see above for details)
Contributors
g313
Version Information
Status: Stable
Current Stable Version: 9.4.0
Stable Release Date: 2017-01-28
Created 2016-06-08
Last Updated 2018-03-10
5.5.0 (31-Dec-2016)
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Translation - if you would like Darkroom in your language please volunteer and help us translate the app. Simply choose 'Help translate' from the main menu and follow the instructions.
5.4.0 (29-Dec-2016)
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NEW! GIF playback
NEW! GIF tab to easily find your favourite GIF files
Fixes:
- improved thumbnail generation speed (especially after clear cache)
- album covers not updated correctly after deleting or moving media
- copy/move media to albums with similar names fails
- copying to newly created album asks to recreate it when coming back to app
- many other improvements & fixes
5.3.0 (27-Dec-2016)
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Find your photos & videos easier
- Reordered bottom bar: media, albums, organise
- 'New items' popup displayed when new media available
Less ads (we have listened to your feedback)
Premium upgrade check menu item
Camera menu item
Fixed blank screen displaying after coming back to app after a while
5.2.0 (23-Dec-2016)
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NEW! Information & details display for photos & videos, including location and photo EXIF data
Added settings menu to darkroom screen
Fixed photos & videos opened from other apps not displaying
5.2.1 - crash fixes
5.1.0 (16-Dec-2016)
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NEW! Bottom navigation bar makes finding and organising everything much easier
NEW! Organise grid replaces the feed and makes it even quicker to organise your photos & videos
NEW! Transform tool in image editor & updated image editor
NEW! Support for Android 7.1
- Theme & styling improvements (especially dark theme)
- Made shortcuts & organise folders features free (thank you to those who have supported us so far with a premium upgrade purchase)
5.1.1 - Fixed login/sign-up crash in image editor
5.0.1 (2-Dec-2016)
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NEW! Album management (create/delete album, copy/move media)
NEW! Full SD Card Support with super-fast SD Card access
NEW! Organiser - copy/move media and organise your albums faster than any other app
NEW! Organiser shortcuts for quick copy/move
NEW! Improved image viewing experience with fling to pan and better zooming
Fixes:
- Album covers not updating
- Share with some apps not working
- Crash playing video on Android 7
- Many other fixes and improvements
4.6.1 (2-Oct-2016)
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Image Editor
- New! Adjust tool (Brightness, Contrast, Exposure, etc)
- New! Frames, Stickers & Overlays
- New! Adobe Sign In (download extra content)
- Better quality edited images (default save size 15MP)
Improvements:
- Open/Edit with Darkroom working properly with all apps
- Correct dates shown in feed and grid (sorting is based on date taken)
- Faster startup
- Improved preview screen
Fixes:
- show preview screen after editing image from feed
- other crash & bug fixes
4.6.1 (15-Sep-2016)
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Welcome to 'Darkroom': the new name for the app!
Introducing Feed: a new way to explore your photos & videos!
Bug fixes:
- improved toolbars for the darkroom with better gradients, shadows & button colors
- fixed video thumbs to display with correct aspect ratio & not fill up entire screen
- fixed zoomed images to only scroll to next/prev image if edge is reached
- improved memory usage & crash fixes
4.6.1 (6-Sep-2016)
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Improvements
- Speed: faster loading of data and much faster opening of darkroom
- Thumbnails: faster thumb generation, thumbs use less space
- Thumb tracking is smoother
- Automatically sync updated media
Fixed:
- active tab/page is not saved in main screen after rotating device
- darkroom image not displayed after coming back to the app
- active image zoom level not saved
- dark room position is not always saved correctly
- crashes associated with deleting or updating media & other crashes
4.6.0
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- View & edit photos from other apps (set as default gallery)
- Fast scroll / thumb tracking
- Sort by date, group by day, month, year or none
- Automatically sync captured photos/videos, edited photos, screenshots, downloads, etc
Fixed:
- faster startup time
- keep tabs fixed at the top
- darkroom continuous scroll between items
- darkroom display position and media date/time
- delete progress not being displayed
- selection not working properly after rotation
- many more improvements
4.5.0
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- Preview after edit - you can now easily see your edited images and share them straight away!
- Less ads and no more jumpy ads
4.5.1
- fixed preview share & edit buttons appearing behind system nav bar on some devices
4.5.2
- fixed full screen images sometimes don't load on some devices
- fixed on Android JellyBean system nav bar and toolbar cannot be hidden
4.4.0
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- Android Marshmallow support with permissions request
- Material design photo editor with brand new features
- Splash Screen
- Removed popup ads
Fixed:
- flashing thumbnails when selecting images
- large images appear rotated if reloaded
- save large images zoom level and pan position
- deletion of large image should maintain current position
- taking photos using Take Photo menu option crashes on some devices
- Many other crash & bug and improvements
4.3.0
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Images:
- large image loading is now much faster with high quality
- fixed images disappearing and reload after sharing, set as... or editing
- open large image display toolbars by default
- orientation by sensor in settings
Albums:
- redesigned with material design
- show number of photos & videos
Thumbs:
- reduced gap between thumbs
- fixed thumb backgrounds in light theme to use light colours
4.2.0
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Theme customisation: light or dark
Spacing between thumbnails for a better viewing experience
JellyBean bug fixes
4.1.0
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Images: High quality and super fast full screen image loading! More details and superior zoom on full screen images.
Adverts: We have listened to your feedback removed many ads! No more banners on top of full screen photos
You can now invite your friends to use Quick Gallery from the menu and send feedback directly from the app.
This release also fixes the photo grid not updating when taking or editing a photo, thumbs flashing on startup, better memory management & many other improvements.
4.0.0
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All new dark themed UI with tabs for easy navigation to all content.
4.0.2 - Crash fixes and stability improvements
Nice
Version 4.2.0 released: Added support for light theme, added some spacing between thumbs to improve visuals, and fixed JellyBean bugs.
Please let me know your feedback.
g313 said:
Version 4.2.0 released: Added support for light theme, added some spacing between thumbs to improve visuals, and fixed JellyBean bugs.
Please let me know your feedback.
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Good Job!
Very nice app, may be this one could be replace my old QuickPic 4.5.2.... :good:
Some missings for me :
- In folder view, it would be great to have the delete option by long tap on a folder.
- Different sorts (by date, by name, by taken view).
- An option to see hidden pics/folder.
- An option to have cropped thumbnails (in square) or uncropped thumbnails.
One more thing, we have to close/open the app to refresh the folder view.
minhduongtrung said:
Good Job!
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arokososoo said:
Nice
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Thank you - I hope you enjoy using the app!
BreckZeBoulay said:
Very nice app, may be this one could be replace my old QuickPic 4.5.2.... :good:
Some missings for me :
- In folder view, it would be great to have the delete option by long tap on a folder.
- Different sorts (by date, by name, by taken view).
- An option to see hidden pics/folder.
- An option to have cropped thumbnails (in square) or uncropped thumbnails.
One more thing, we have to close/open the app to refresh the folder view.
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This is great feedback, thank you. I will add delete folder and hidden folder option to the next release and option for thumbnails. Sorting will be a bit more work but is nonetheless on my list of things to add to the app now.
I will investigate the album not being refreshed issue as well, the app should be picking up newly added photos but it does not automatically capture newly created empty folders (it will have to monitor a lot of folders otherwise). I think this is calling for a new feature to add the ability to create a new album/folder directly from within the app.
A mix of Gallery and Photo Editor is a great project
A few suggestions for now:
• more Material design for the photo editor
• draw: circles, squares,...
• the app force closes if we block the Notifications access, why?
Awesome photo editor,thanks.
Regarding gallery part, please add option - orientation by sensor...
Where is link to download?
g313 said:
I am looking for any kind of feedback but as some examples:
- What do you generally think about the app?
- Is this an app you would use on a daily basis?
- Would you recommend this app to your friends/family?
- What features would you like to see added to this app?
- What is your favourite / most used feature?
- What annoys you most about the app?
- Any suggestions for improvements / comments / criticisms.
- What are your thoughts on the Play Store listing?
- What do you think about the app icon?
- Does the design appeal to you?
- There is only one banner ad, and the odd interstitial, and a cheap upgrade price. How do you feel about this?
- What languages would you like to see the app localised into (currently support English, German, Spanish & Italian)?
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The app is pretty slick. I really like the design and the checkboxes for deleting groups of pics on the fly in time-line view.
I could use this app on a daily basis and recommend it if it could do the following:
- Move images between folders
- Set album view as the default view
- Exclude folders
- Allow access to image options via long press on photo
- Play videos
Additional, but not necessary:
- A dark AMOLED theme (I'm using a 6P)
The things missing are the things that annoy me most about this app and would be my favorite/most used features. Oh and the banner at the top is highly annoying. It blocks the icons at the top when scrolling.
The Play Store listing is fine and so is the app icon.
Hope this helps and congrats on a great start!
Sent from my Nexus 6P using XDA-Developers mobile app
@g313
OP Edited to add Playstore Link. I don't think you can add, with current post count.
I was this close buying it - nice ui, easy to use, really nice editor. But unfortunately it's so slow. On my G5 it seems to build the data cache everytime i open it after it was exited. But the real dealbreaker is slow opening of pictures. The first takes it's time and then it runs smooth. This app really could replace quickpic but at this moment i'm keeping it to asus gallery. I would love to use your app but with the slow build of pictures ... And don't get me wrong - it's the first app which is close to perfection (for my needs). Really nice work.
If this problem is in any kind a question of settings - please give me a hint, i'll buy it in a second.
kind regards
Primokorn said:
A mix of Gallery and Photo Editor is a great project
A few suggestions for now:
• more Material design for the photo editor
• draw: circles, squares,...
• the app force closes if we block the Notifications access, why?
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Thank you, the photo editor will be getting an update in a future release which will have material design goodness. Not sure why blocking notifications would force close the app? The app doesn't have any notifications, have tried to reproduce it but unable to.
jazzh said:
Awesome photo editor,thanks.
Regarding gallery part, please add option - orientation by sensor...
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Hi noted, how important is this feature to you? Currently on my device it works for 3 orientations, just not reverse portrait which is something I never use.
Daniel-P said:
Where is link to download?
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Perseus said:
@g313
OP Edited to add Playstore Link. I don't think you can add, with current post count.
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Updated link at the top of the first post, not sure why it was missing
Corvida said:
The app is pretty slick. I really like the design and the checkboxes for deleting groups of pics on the fly in time-line view.
I could use this app on a daily basis and recommend it if it could do the following:
- Move images between folders
- Set album view as the default view
- Exclude folders
- Allow access to image options via long press on photo
- Play videos
Additional, but not necessary:
- A dark AMOLED theme (I'm using a 6P)
The things missing are the things that annoy me most about this app and would be my favorite/most used features. Oh and the banner at the top is highly annoying. It blocks the icons at the top when scrolling.
The Play Store listing is fine and so is the app icon.
Hope this helps and congrats on a great start!
Sent from my Nexus 6P using XDA-Developers mobile app
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Thank you for your detailed feedback, in response to the points:
- Move images between folders: coming in the next release
- Set album view as the default view: you can already achieve this from the settings, by choosing default content and setting it to albums, you cannot however reorder the tabs, is this something you would like?
- Exclude folders: Coming in a future release.
- Allow access to image options via long press on photo: Tapping on a large photo presents a toolbar from which you can edit, delete, share a photo, or from the menu you can use Set As... or edit externally, etc. Is this what you are referring to or is there some other option that is missing for you?
- Play videos: do you mean play videos directly? At the moment that app launches an intent to play the video using an external video player.
Additional, but not necessary:
- A dark AMOLED theme (I'm using a 6P): Sounds like a great idea, noted!
The banner ad is annoying, but kind of necessary to help support the development, I will be looking at optimising this though, perhaps I will get rid of completely and use an integrated/native ad, which is far less intrusive.
Btw - thanks for going as far as checking the icon and Play Store listing! :good:
g313 said:
Thank you, the photo editor will be getting an update in a future release which will have material design goodness. Not sure why blocking notifications would force close the app? The app doesn't have any notifications, have tried to reproduce it but unable to.
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You are using "com.google.android.c2dm.intent.REGISTRATION" which is depreceated.
nerotier said:
I was this close buying it - nice ui, easy to use, really nice editor. But unfortunately it's so slow. On my G5 it seems to build the data cache everytime i open it after it was exited. But the real dealbreaker is slow opening of pictures. The first takes it's time and then it runs smooth. This app really could replace quickpic but at this moment i'm keeping it to asus gallery. I would love to use your app but with the slow build of pictures ... And don't get me wrong - it's the first app which is close to perfection (for my needs). Really nice work.
If this problem is in any kind a question of settings - please give me a hint, i'll buy it in a second.
kind regards
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Thanks for wanting to support the app and sorry to hear you're having issues with speed. I'm not sure why the image cache for the thumbnails would be clearing, or not caching - do you have much free space on your device?
The large images do take some time on the initial load, it seems more apparent on some devices, because the app is trying to load the image to the left/right of the image you have requested for the first time (Android ViewPager), I will need to optimise this to prioritise the loading.
Thanks you for your nice comment, please feel free to buy it when you feel its ready, but it would be great if you could keep it installed for now so you can receive the updates
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You are using "com.google.android.c2dm.intent.REGISTRATION" which is depreceated.
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Interesting and technical find, thank you, I have noted this and will fix it - probably inside one of the libraries the app uses.
g313 said:
Currently on my device it works for 3 orientations
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I don't know if I'm understood... system orientation is of, but gallery should work by the orientation sensor (like quickpic). My device is nexus 5 with 6.01
This is my main app for gallery now.
I would like to see polish translation (I can help with this) and like somebody already mentioned integrated video player.
Related
Perfect Viewer is a very fast image/comic viewer. This software is design for viewing image/comic from sdcard.
Features
Support image file format: JPEG,PNG,GIF,BMP
Support archive file format: CBZ/ZIP,CBR/RAR,7Z/CB7(No solid archive)
Image resize method : Actual size,Fit to screen,Fit to width,Fit to height,Manual
Image resample method: Averaging, Bilinear, Bicubic, Lanczos3
Pinch to zoom & Fling gesture supported
Thumbnail browse
Set as wallpaper
Bookmark management
Support left-to-right or right-to-left reading
Cache next and previous page
Split two-page scan into single-page automatically
Known issues
This software requires a lot of memory to open image file. If memory not enough while open image/archive may force close by OS.
Free memory recommend at least 50MB before startup
If file not support will display black screen.
Download
1.Download from Market
2.QR Code
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
3.Download APK directly
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Changelog
2011/01/25 Version 1.4.5
Added page transition effect
Added slideshow function
Added backlight control(Need turn off auto backlight)
Image smaller than screen now can scale to fit the screen
Thumbnail can choose full or crop(Need restart)
Tweaked pinch-to-zoom
Added support Tegra2 CPU(No FPU optimize). Need test Tegra2 user please give some feedback
Other minor tweak & bugs fixed
2011/01/11 Version 1.4a
Added option to disable fling gesture
Fixed Show file extensions option
Fixed some device FC problem
2011/01/11 Version 1.4a
Added option to disable fling gesture
Fixed Show file extensions option
Fixed some device FC problem
2011/01/06 Version 1.4
Supported scrolling & flip with fling(swipe) gesture
Supported scrolling with trackball
Supported APP2SD
Added file sort(file name,date,size)
Added show hidden files(Default off)
Added show file extensions(Default off)
Added fullscreen toggle in preferences(Default on)
Move Assign key function to main menu and removed Show screen function
Long tap history or bookmark item can delete it
Added data clean in main menu to clean history,bookmarks & favorites
Other minor tweak bugs fixed
2010/12/18 Version 1.3.2
Changed create thumbnail behavior
Thumbnail cache store as JPEG for reduce memory usage
Thumbnail cache limited to 5MB
Added goto upper folder when open file browser(Default off)
Fixed set as wallpaper not functional
Fixed may cause force close in create thumbnail
Fixed may cause force close in startup
2010/12/11 Version 1.3.1
Added simple file operation(delete,rename) in file browser by long tap item.
New application icon
Fixed Sharp IS01 can't full screen(need test)
2010/12/09 Version 1.3a
Fixed history menu problem
Fixed rotate screen in file browser may cause force close
2010/12/08 Version 1.3
Added support GIF (non animated) and BMP image file
NEON optimized JPEG and PNG decoder, Improved 10 ~ 50% decode speed on ARMv7 CPU
Added thumbnail display in file browser (don't use it if memory not enough)
Added Averaging v2 for image resampling
Added low memory mode, Reduce the memory usage while decoding JPEG file, but it reduces the image quality too
Added wallpaper setting function
Added Quick Setup feature
New file name sort method (sort file name like windows explorer)
Renamed the bookmark to favorites, and added new simple bookmark function
7z file now supports Deflate streaming
History now integrated into the main menu
Minimum require OS version back to 1.6, but multi-touch features still need 2.1+
Other minor bugs fixed
2010/11/12 Version 1.2
All brand new menu interface
Added bookmark management
Added pinch-to-zoom support
Minimum require OS version up to 2.1
Added keep screen backlight on(Need restart)
Added auto rotate screen(Need restart)
Other minor bugs fixed
2010/10/27 Version 1.1b
Fixed auto open last file and history will forward 1 page with archive
Fixed View menu selected item is incorrect.
2010/10/21 Version 1.1a
Fixed auto open last file is incorrect with archive
Minimum require OS version back to 1.6
2010/10/20 Version 1.1
Added support 7z archive file (only lzma format)
Added automatic single-page feature (default off). Split two-page scan into single-page automatically
Added keep touch region position when switch screen orientation
Added shows page/file name (Default off)
Fixed switch screen orientation may cause force close problem
2010/10/06 Version 1.0
Added support ARMv6 CPU
Improved ARMv7 CPU performance
Added show message when busy
Adjust the drag to determine the conditions
Improved Goto function performance
Fixed some action may cause no responding
Added Japanese support
great release paladinlin l thanks
i want to try it!
Edit:
Photo scrolling not work on my Xperia X10!
hmm, i'll check it out. thanks.
Feature Requests:
* Please consider an application icon that reflects the comic-centric nature of this reader.
* Right-To-Left Manga reading was chosen as default, should be Left-To-Right, or have a dialog asking the user what he reads most frequently mangas or US comics, and choose accordingly.
* When going to the next page, please move the page to the top corner, right now it moves to the center of the next page. Same for previous page.
* Option to force screen on all the time while reading
* Option to force screen brightness while reading
* Option to show low battery warning while reading
* Pinch-to-zoom - it's just too convenient and expected by users
* Homescreen Widget 2x2/3x3 - the latest opened comic book/page. Shows the latest opened/read page, and in its corner a smaller thumb of that comic book's cover. Also info about the name and the page number, both optional from widget settings.
* Playlist (Reading Order) management.
* Shortcuts - create Playlist or a Folder into a screen shortcut. When clicked, move to the latest opened comic on it's latest read page from that Playlist or Folder.
Do most of these (Playlist may require more effort but is worth it) and slap a 2.99$ price, and I'll buy it immediately.
raynerape said:
Feature Requests:
* Please consider an application icon that reflects the comic-centric nature of this reader.
* Right-To-Left Manga reading was chosen as default, should be Left-To-Right, or have a dialog asking the user what he reads most frequently mangas or US comics, and choose accordingly.
* When going to the next page, please move the page to the top corner, right now it moves to the center of the next page. Same for previous page.
* Option to force screen on all the time while reading
* Option to force screen brightness while reading
* Option to show low battery warning while reading
* Pinch-to-zoom - it's just too convenient and expected by users
* Homescreen Widget 2x2/3x3 - the latest opened comic book/page. Shows the latest opened/read page, and in its corner a smaller thumb of that comic book's cover. Also info about the name and the page number, both optional from widget settings.
* Playlist (Reading Order) management.
* Shortcuts - create Playlist or a Folder into a screen shortcut. When clicked, move to the latest opened comic on it's latest read page from that Playlist or Folder.
Do most of these (Playlist may require more effort but is worth it) and slap a 2.99$ price, and I'll buy it immediately.
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Thank you for your suggestion.
1.I'm a programmer not art designer. So my art sense is not enough to design a good icon. I'll try to think other design.
2.I make this software is mainly for read Japanese comic(Manga). So I make Right-To-Left as default. Maybe show a dialog to let user choose on first startup is a good idea.
3.Yor may try set page origin to reading direction
Menu -> Browse -> Reading direction
4~7. I'll add these function in future.
8~10. I don't have plan to add these function currently. There is many other function need to add. Maybe I'll consider these when I completed other function.
This app is great, small but powerful, thanks for you work!
paladinlin said:
Thank you for your suggestion.
1.I'm a programmer not art designer. So my art sense is not enough to design a good icon. I'll try to think other design.
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XDA is rife with designer talent that is eager to work for quality projects, so maybe you should just look around and ask for art/theme designers to land a hand or provide assets for backgrounds, etc? You will be surprised just how much your app will be improved with proper artwork.
Very nice app, fast and powerful. I have been looking for a simple sequential image viewer like this since I got my Android phone and I've tried quite a few; this is the best I've seen yet.
What I like:
Fast interface
Customizable touch zones allow quick zooming and navigation
Good format support
Can browse into directories that start with a dot
A few improvements I'd like to suggest:
I like the option to select the resampling method, but nearest-neighbor doesn't look very good and the other options perform too slowly on my phone to be practical. Other image viewers (such as the default Gallery) seem to handle image scaling with a better quality/performance tradeoff. Also it seems like there is an off-by-one error when selecting the sampling method, when I select a method I always get the method just above the one I selected.
It would be nice if there was an option for automatically switching screen orientation when the phone is rotated. Also, when I switch orientation the app steps forward to the next page, I think it should stay on the same page.
I don't see a long-press action, that could be another configurable action. It might be useful to display the touch commands on long press in case you forget some of the less-used commands and need a reminder. Or it could be configured to execute some other action.
The app is not too big currently, but it is larger than some other similar apps. For example ACV is under 300KB.
All in all, great app! Thanks for releasing it and I'm looking forward to seeing what you do with it in the future.
conejoblanco said:
Very nice app, fast and powerful. I have been looking for a simple sequential image viewer like this since I got my Android phone and I've tried quite a few; this is the best I've seen yet.
What I like:
Fast interface
Customizable touch zones allow quick zooming and navigation
Good format support
Can browse into directories that start with a dot
A few improvements I'd like to suggest:
I like the option to select the resampling method, but nearest-neighbor doesn't look very good and the other options perform too slowly on my phone to be practical. Other image viewers (such as the default Gallery) seem to handle image scaling with a better quality/performance tradeoff. Also it seems like there is an off-by-one error when selecting the sampling method, when I select a method I always get the method just above the one I selected.
It would be nice if there was an option for automatically switching screen orientation when the phone is rotated. Also, when I switch orientation the app steps forward to the next page, I think it should stay on the same page.
I don't see a long-press action, that could be another configurable action. It might be useful to display the touch commands on long press in case you forget some of the less-used commands and need a reminder. Or it could be configured to execute some other action.
The app is not too big currently, but it is larger than some other similar apps. For example ACV is under 300KB.
All in all, great app! Thanks for releasing it and I'm looking forward to seeing what you do with it in the future.
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Thank you for your suggestion.
1.You can choose Averaging method it's have normal image quality and fast.
And you found a bug I'll fix it soon.
2.Automatically switching screen orientation will be add in future. You found another bug I'll fix it soon.
3.I don't have plan to add long-press action currently.
4.Because this app is use native c++ library(libpng,libjpeg etc.) to handle image&archive files so will be a little bigger
Can you make the app show thumbnail's of the jpg/png (not the comic book files)? This way, I can finally get rid of the android gallery app. I will gladly donate if this feature can be done.
INeedYourHelp said:
Can you make the app show thumbnail's of the jpg/png (not the comic book files)? This way, I can finally get rid of the android gallery app. I will gladly donate if this feature can be done.
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Thumbnail browse is already in roadmap. But the time schedule is after other function(bookmark etc.)
paladinlin said:
Thumbnail browse is already in roadmap. But the time schedule is after other function(bookmark etc.)
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Thank you.
fantastic app!
lol, i think i've been using this more than any other as of late.
just wish it would render a little faster on anything other than 'averaging' and 'nearest-neighbor' as the quality of the others are much better, but don't think there's much you can do about that.
again, awesome!
Hello,
I apologize in advance because English is not my native language.
I try to use your program in a tablet, SmartQ V7, with these features:
Android 2.1
600MHz ARM11 CPU
Memory 256MB DDR II RAM
Virtual Cache 128MB
The problem is that when you open the comic book closes automatically.
I tried the following:
Close all aplicaiones to free memory, free memory getting about 80 MB,
Turn off cache in settings
I would love to test your application as it is highly recommended.
Thank you very much
picard1974 said:
Hello,
I apologize in advance because English is not my native language.
I try to use your program in a tablet, SmartQ V7, with these features:
Android 2.1
600MHz ARM11 CPU
Memory 256MB DDR II RAM
Virtual Cache 128MB
The problem is that when you open the comic book closes automatically.
I tried the following:
Close all aplicaiones to free memory, free memory getting about 80 MB,
Turn off cache in settings
I would love to test your application as it is highly recommended.
Thank you very much
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If you got force close while open archive file, You can try to open a image file.
If image file is worked maybe you can send me the archive file for test.
paladinlin said:
Changelog
2010/11/12 Version 1.2
All brand new menu interface
Added bookmark management
Added pinch-to-zoom support
Minimum require OS version up to 2.1
Added keep screen backlight on(Need restart)
Added auto rotate screen(Need restart)
Other minor bugs fixed
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Version 1.2 is a great improvement, the new UI is very smooth and has a profesional feel to it.
Still, there's one minor annoyance that's fairly easy to fix and will greatly improve my experience with your comic viewer. I like the slide command where instead changing the page, the screen slides down the page until it reaches the bottom, then changes the page. What I find annoying however is that the distance the screen slides is not configurable. It would be great if we can change the screen slide distance. The slide distance can be a value that chan be changed with a slider, or presets based on fractions of the page height, i.e. 1/5, 1/4, 1/3, and 1/2.
Thanks a lot.
I have Android as the operating system in my tablet (10" Eken M006). Before knowing Perfect Viewer, I would prefer my images in PDF, despite some problems, but now I have changed my mind. Your application has some interesting qualities (that Documents-To-Go lacks when opening PDF files):
1. It fits the image no matter the size of the previous one.
2. It remembers last viewed page.
3. The page does not rotate automatically, what is a bless. I suffer a lot when the page rotates by itself. It would be great if you added a "page rotating" function.
Page orientation is not the problem. I read many Western reading books, and pressing the screen on the left or the right side is indifferent.
The application will be even better if it could open other image formats, like GIF and BMP. If you could include PDF files, it would end up simply perfect.
Thanks a lot for the great job.
raynerape said:
Version 1.2 is a great improvement, the new UI is very smooth and has a profesional feel to it.
Still, there's one minor annoyance that's fairly easy to fix and will greatly improve my experience with your comic viewer. I like the slide command where instead changing the page, the screen slides down the page until it reaches the bottom, then changes the page. What I find annoying however is that the distance the screen slides is not configurable. It would be great if we can change the screen slide distance. The slide distance can be a value that chan be changed with a slider, or presets based on fractions of the page height, i.e. 1/5, 1/4, 1/3, and 1/2.
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Thank you for your suggestion. But currently I have no plans to add this function. Maybe I'll consider it after complete other function.
Sergio Nova said:
I have Android as the operating system in my tablet (10" Eken M006). Before knowing Perfect Viewer, I would prefer my images in PDF, despite some problems, but now I have changed my mind. Your application has some interesting qualities (that Documents-To-Go lacks when opening PDF files):
1. It fits the image no matter the size of the previous one.
2. It remembers last viewed page.
3. The page does not rotate automatically, what is a bless. I suffer a lot when the page rotates by itself. It would be great if you added a "page rotating" function.
Page orientation is not the problem. I read many Western reading books, and pressing the screen on the left or the right side is indifferent.
The application will be even better if it could open other image formats, like GIF and BMP. If you could include PDF files, it would end up simply perfect.
Thanks a lot for the great job.
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"page rotating" is already have. it call "Switch screen orientation" in main menu.
GIF and BMP support is in roadmap, But currently I have no plans to support PDF file.
Installation problems
paladinlin said:
"page rotating" is already have. it call "Switch screen orientation" in main menu.
GIF and BMP support is in roadmap, But currently I have no plans to support PDF file.
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Every time I try to install the last version from the market, I receive a message saying the download failed. Do you know what is the problem?
Sergio Nova said:
Every time I try to install the last version from the market, I receive a message saying the download failed. Do you know what is the problem?
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You can download from here
[2014.01] This app has been revived thanks to rori~! Please find the latest version here.
History
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Last edit 2012-11-04: version 2.1.2.
ICS compatible [see history below]. Min compatibility: Android 3.1 (api level 12).
Source is available on google code under a GPL 3 license: http://code.google.com/p/scrollable-news-widget/source/checkout
Eclair, Froyo Gingerbread (and Honeycomb 3.0) users: please use v1.4.4.1.
Previous versions are available form google code : http://code.google.com/p/scrollable-news-widget/downloads/list
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I've published yesterday [23 nov. 2010] the first version of a scrollable news widget. This is my first attempt at android development.
I've tested the widget against Launcher Pro and ADW Launcher quickly and quite extensively with Zeam. It still needs some work (amonst other things: theming, feed validation, feed lookup, ...) but it is still usable -- meaning i use it.
Since version 1.4.0 GReader and news sharing are supported through Scrollable News Addons (paid app).
The addon has been unpublished as it won't be maintained anymore. Its features will in time be integrated into the main app.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Version history:
2.1.2 (2012-11-04)
- Add 2 and 3- column layout (not tested with HC)
2.1.1 (2012-10-28)
- minor bugs fixes and some sanity checks
2.1.0 (2012-10-27)
- Fix embedded browser menu (JB)
- Google news thumbnail hack (url fix)
- Stop loading option (reader menu)
- Support media:content thumbnail
- Fix media:description incorrect use
- Add the option to hide story title
- Get rid of the hideous orb icon
- Add "mark all read" option"
- Tweak main settings activity
2.0.11 (2012-07-25)
- Critical bug fix regarding wifi connected state
2.0.10 (2012-07-24)
- Fix a minor issue regarding non standard date formats
2.0.9 (2012-06-21)
- Minor bug fixes
- More sanity checks
2.0.8 (2012-06-05)
- Allow to distribute stories evenly between feeds
- Defaults update date to pub date if not set
- Do no update date if no feed(s) not reloaded
- Minor bug fixes
2.0.7 (2012-05-21)
- Fix overlapping elements in layouts 3 & 4
2.0.6 (2012-05-20)
- Improve background handling
- Minor bug fixes
- Fix thumbnail size
- Improve layouts 2, 3 & 4
2.0.5 (2012-05-18)
- Add debug mode (unhide active areas)
- Various ergonomics improvements
- More support for malformed feeds!
- Fix "Nothing to read" bug!
- Show widget title while loading
- Minor bug fixes
2.0.4 (2012-05-17)
- Fix HoneyComb updating bug
- Improve background handling
- Force title visibility on HC
- Change theme to Holo dark
- Add "what's new dialog"
2.0.3 (2012-05-16) (version gap intended)
- Offline cache browsing (LOAD_CACHE_ELSE_NETWORK when offline)
- More sanity checks (empty description, null bmp, etc.)
- Yahoo namespace support (http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/)
- Fix widget size (250dp vs. 294dp)
- add minResize[Width|Height] attributes
2.0.1 (2012-05-15) {Maintenance release}
- Fix image extractor bug (no body | bad image)
- Reload widget on news deletion
- Force extension on export (snb, snt, opml)
- Ignore feed on import if title or url is null
- Read feed color on import
- Show file path on export success
- Use item content if description not provided
- Clear stories before loading new ones (option)
2.0.0 (2012-05-13)
- Add third active zone in widget title bar [config | refresh | reload]
- Add FR translation
- Add RU translation (thanks to [email protected])
- Minor bug fixes
2.0.0-rc1 (2012-05-10)
- Add the option to eagerly download thumbnails (global option, default=true)
- Fix feed export
- Remove doc! Replace with an About page
2.0.0-beta-3 (2012-05-08)
- Add maintenance operations (clear cache, etc.)
- Hopefully improve in-body thumbnail handling
- Lay out foundations of the user guide
2.0.0-beta-2 (2012-05-07)
- Widget config: automatically apply theme (resp. behaviour) if there's only one
- Add default theme (default dark + default light)
- Fix footer padding (layout 5)
- Implement feed color (takes precedence in story title)
- Minor fixes
2.0.0-beta-1 (2012-05-06)
- Complete rewrite of the widget to support ICS
- Need Android > 3.1 (Honeycomb; API Level 12)
- Hopefully much better ergonomics and slightly better performance
- Sparse documentation (in progress)
1.4.4.1 (2011-05-26)
- Fix gap in news entry when content is hidden
- Make center crop (full width thumbnails) optional
1.4.4 (2011-05-25)
- Add square corners backgrounds
- Bring back plain backgrounds
- Center thumbnail if content is hidden
- Add thumbnail lookup priority option
- Add minimum thumbnail size option
- Increase max thumbnail size
- Add large thumbnails warning
- Workaround wrong enclosed image mimetype
- Allow to clear thumbnail cache
- Refine send logs content
- Full title (not trimmed) if content is hidden
- Skip share dialog (one click less)
- Do not reload built-in browser if url not changed
- Add built-in browser back button support
- Fix built-in browser history navigation state
- Fix browser and share activities flow
1.4.3.1 (2011-05-15)
- Render items before fetching images
1.4.3 (2011-05-14)
- Layout optimization: no more choppy scrolling!
- Improve thumbnail support
- Add visual indicator while fetching thumbs
- Always reload after clicking "update configuration"
- Single click edit feed
- Remove widget title shadow
- Readd widget scrollbar
1.4.2 (2011-05-07)
- Add option to use legacy parser instead of the new one
- Add option to not lookup images in entry summary
- Improve addon support / maintain feed source
- Try and tweak scrolling
- Fix feeds disappearing if not saved
- Fix regular headline option
1.4.1.2 (2011-05-01)
- Fix encoding regression
1.4.1.1 (2011-04-29)
- Add OPML Support for import/export
- Send custom user agent to prevent servers to detect mobile device (some servers can forward to a non rss feed page -- f.i. mobile tailored homepage)
- When multiple urls are provided for an entry, try to select the most appropriate one
1.4.1 (2011-04-28)
- Fix same date issues (causing incomplete feed loading)
- Fallback to today if date not retrieved
- Prefer source feed title over registered feed name
- Add option to show real entry author name
- Improve layouts and add right thumbnail option
1.4.0.3 (2011-04-27)
- Fix date parsing issues
1.4.0.2 (2011-04-26)
- Fix encoding issues introduced by 1.4.0
- Prevent potential name issue
1.4.0.1 (2011-04-25)
- Make feed parser more lenient
- Fix refresh after thumbnail fetch
1.4.0 (2011-04-24)
- Add built-in navigation controls
- Fix https feed issue
- Add wide widgets for 5 column compatible launchers
- Change thumbnail entry position (left)
- Shorten footer date (MMM d, HH:mm)
- Huge performance boost (dropped Rome parser)
- Built-in browser now listed in recent activities
- Properly lookup enclosed images (i think)
- Prevent potential single quote issue
- Add a search feed feature
- Fix unneeded image fetching
- Add simple addon support
1.3.4 (2011-02-21)
- Fix feed color persistency
- Add plain background options
- Alternative entry date parsing
1.3.3 (2011-02-06)
- Restore instapaper mobilizer alternative
- Add font size tweaking options
- Add headline bold font option
- Fix FC when setting default preferences
- Fix (caught) IllegalStateException when setting feed color
- Try preventing OOME when dealing with insane thumbnail settings
1.3.3-rc (2011-01-30)
- Add a "Hide header" option
- Fix the infamous "hard to hit refresh" issue
- Improve no background layout
- Integrate Instapaper text version
- Notification support (ongoing and transient notifications)
- Protect against AIOOBE (cannot reproduce)
1.3.2 (2010-12-20)
- Fix duplicate entries if changing feed color
- Fix FC on orientation change
- Try fixing FC on 1.3.1 (bad db upgrade)
- Relocate data folder to /Android/data (should be transparent)
1.3.1 (2010-12-19)
- Allow for bigger thumb
- Per widget thumb size
- Change thumb position
- Improve offline refresh
- Feed color discriminant
- Fix AM/PM summary (%a)
1.3 (2010-12-12)
- Add feed lookup feature
- Add Full transparent background
- Refine Widget reconfiguration
- Add hide footer option
- Show last update in widget title
- Customize widget title format
- Add clear cache option
- Add Thumbnail support
- Use progress dialog for long running operations
- Minor fixes
1.2 (2010-12-02)
- Import/export feeds to SD
- Save/restore preferences
- Set/apply default preferences
- Add Mobilizer option
- Capitalize headline and footer option
- Add transparent bg
- Per widget BG (no change at runtime)
- Auto prepend http:// if missing
- Various fixes and improvements
1.1 (2010-11-28)
- Removed ads
- Configurable tap action
- Configurable summary crop
- Allow hiding news summary
- Organize preference screen
- Add simple appearance tweaks
- Add simple feed validation
- Add more refresh intervals
1.0.1 (2010-11-22)
- Blind fix locked db issue
- Do not crop news summary
1.0 (2010-11-21)
- Initial release
Loaded it in the market but wasn't able to launch the widget or to use the configuration menu. It only shows a grey screen, although Menu button works in config mode..
I have a Desire rooted with miui rom 0.11.12
Doesn't work neither with Launcher Pro nor with the DEll Launcher..
Hi Berliner,
Thanks for testing this widget. That's weird. I got a few comments in the market console that report a similar behaviour. However i'm not able to reproduce it. The grey background may indicate either that the widget feeds cannot be parsed or that scrollable widgets are not enabled.
I use android-rome-rss the fetch the feeds. Perhaps there is something to dig there? What feed(s) did you specify?
Just tested on N1,ADW...works fine.
Needs a rss search of course...
But very nice, even like the widget
But I already use "AtomaRSS" which got a wonderful customization option...
Hi Rori,
Indeed AtomaRss is very similar, feature-wise. I discovered it yesterday when i opened this thread because xda suggested a list of related messages. Since choice is always good, i will maintain and try and improve this widget.
Anyway, thanks for trying out the widget. Truth is i'm a bit lost here: i don't understand why it works like a charm for some people and doesn't even load for others (as is the case for berliner). I get the same mixed messages in the comments and ratings. I still don't know how i can pinpoint the actual issues.
hey mate, awesome app, would be good if it gave a list (or used default browser) to view 'full' article - in my case the in built one doesn't seem to work, but that might just be a problem at my end.
Also maybe the option to have a limited number of words in the content area, eg. instead of having the full story have like say justa set number defined in the settings, eg. 15, 25, 50, 0(all)?
Other then that, I love the look, can basically blend in with any theme
Looks awesome, matching very well with the launcherpro widgets
Unfortunately it won't work on my i9000 either. The widget is there but no feeds will display (i tried the default feed + one other).
Hi,
short hint from widget dev to widget dev:
You should add the following code to your "receiver"-tags in the AndroidManifest.xml to allow ADW to automatically turn on the scrollable widget setting!
Code:
<meta-data android:name="LauncherMetadata.Requirements.Scrollable"
android:value="true" />
Looks lovely on my DHD, nice work
Hi all,
Thanks a lot for your feedback. I hope i can solve the no-loading issue thanks to boombuller's advice. However what worries me is that i tested it successfully with the free version of LauncherPro (pretty quickly though). Anyway i'll add that to the next version -- hopefully pretty soon.
gdodinet said:
Hi all,
Thanks a lot for your feedback. I hope i can solve the no-loading issue thanks to boombuller's advice. However what worries me is that i tested it successfully with the free version of LauncherPro (pretty quickly though). Anyway i'll add that to the next version -- hopefully pretty soon.
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Am just getting a blank screen with this?
Dodgylegs said:
Am just getting a blank screen with this?
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Hi Dodgylegs,
Thanks for your feedback, however i desperately need further intel to try and understand what's going on. Thus i have a silly question, since this works well for me. You use LP and did make sure scrollable widgets are activated, right?
The trick Boombuller provided works well with ADW (scrollable widgets get automatically activated), but not for LP. I have not yet published the new version though.
I like the look of this!
Any chance it can hook into your Google Reader subscriptions...?
Thanks for the app. Looks great, works great.
+1 for the suggested integration with google reader
gdodinet said:
Hi Dodgylegs,
Thanks for your feedback, however i desperately need further intel to try and understand what's going on. Thus i have a silly question, since this works well for me. You use LP and did make sure scrollable widgets are activated, right?
The trick Boombuller provided works well with ADW (scrollable widgets get automatically activated), but not for LP. I have not yet published the new version though.
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Hey Champ
Yeah, using LPP. I put in a feed link, say http://www.androidcentral.com/feed and save - then - I get no feeds in the widget, just the title Latest News
My bad.... solved with the right link! Apologies. Great Widget!
Dodgylegs said:
Hey Champ
Yeah, using LPP. I put in a feed link, say http://www.androidcentral.com/feed and save - then - I get no feeds in the widget, just the title Latest News
My bad.... solved with the right link! Apologies. Great Widget!
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I'm glad you worked things out. Feed/URL validation is indeed a critical feature that is missing. It is planned for a coming version. I begin to think that I should assign a higher priority to it because i'm wondering if invalid feed urls are not the cause of all the "grey widget issue" reports. Thanks for telling me this.
brypie said:
Any chance it can hook into your Google Reader subscriptions?
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Initially i didn't plan to integrate Google Reader (i actually planned not to). But this could certainly be done and i'll consider it. However please note this is not on top of the todo list.
You should set up a paid version that does have google reader integration. I'd certainly purchase it and I'm sure many others as well.
I'm using LPP and can't get any feeds to show up. Even the default Reuters feed that came with the app fails to load any feeds so I don't think that it is a url issue. If there is a way for me to get you any usable info off of my phone please let me know.
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App
Loving this - thanks for all your hard work. I've been wanting something like this for ages!
Finally a cool news widget...great job!
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Hi guys!
My new creation is a fast and slim facebook client called Fast Facebook.
For now is in beta, but I want to build a complete app for a full but fast facebook experience.
Please I need feedbacks, translators and maybe someone deeper involved in the project. I am the only one programmer!
Fast on google play
This is our facebook page Fast on facebook
This is our translation community Fast on getlocalization.com
Actual Release 2.8.0
Features:
Comment, share and like
Real-time Home feeds
Write new status
Read notifications
Access to news, status, photos, etc etc
Send private messages
Chat
Personal Profile
Search friends, people, pages and everything else
Write on friends'wall
Friends Management
Read your private messages
Add Photos
Add locations (check-in)
View Videos
View Galleries
View Members Profiles
Background themes (grey, app theme or photo loaded from your Device)
High security level: Facebook takes care of your user and password, we don't store anything!
Android 4.0 Design
Access to Groups
All feedback are useful and I try to follow every request. Don't put 1 star or judge bad at the first impression. Thank you!
App permissions and differences with Facebook app.
Android app permissions
Fast:
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
This is the main permission just to access to internet.
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />
This is a permission to get your gps position. It's triggered only when you do a checking, I never check the position or have any analytic about where you are.
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.VIBRATE"/>
For the vibration of the chat
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
I use it to check if your phone is connected or not
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
This is used only to store the images and for data caching to save bandwidth.
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA" />
This one is triggered only when you open the camera view and take a photo.
Facebook app:
This app has access to these permissions:
Your accounts
find accounts on the device
create accounts and set passwords
add or remove accounts
Your location
precise location (GPS and network-based)
approximate location (network-based)
Your messages
read your text messages (SMS or MMS)
Network communication
view network connections
receive data from Internet
full network access
change network connectivity
download files without notification
view Wi-Fi connections
connect and disconnect from Wi-Fi
Your personal information
read calendar events plus confidential information
add or modify calendar events and send email to guests without owners' knowledge
read your own contact card
Phone calls
directly call phone numbers
read phone status and identity
Storage
modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
System tools
install shortcuts
test access to protected storage
send sticky broadcast
read battery statistics
Your applications information
run at startup
retrieve running apps
reorder running apps
Camera
take pictures and videos
Other Application UI
draw over other apps
Microphone
record audio
Your social information
write call log
read your contacts
modify your contacts
read call log
Affects battery
prevent device from sleeping
control vibration
Audio settings
change your audio settings
Status bar
expand/collapse status bar
Sync Settings
toggle sync on and off
read sync settings
Wallpaper
set wallpaper
adjust your wallpaper size
Crazy. Just crazy.
Facebook permissions.
Fast:
Fast asks for a lot of permissions because there is no way to access to your data or write a new object without them. The good thing is that the app does what you want to do and there is no background process that spies or catch your information. There is no analytic or hidden services. At the first installation the app asks if you want to post a status with information about Fast, but you can choose if you want this or not.
This is the list of permissions that Fast can ask you (all are optional, if you need a feature you accept, otherwise you can decide to decline):
So, if you need a client that is triggered only by your actions, Fast it's your choice. The app doesn't have any control on your sms, contacts, phone data and status. It's not connected to any spying web services and there are no logs or personal information that are sent to me. I have no idea who is using Fast, what the user is doing. I just have Facebook data about active monthly user, geographical stats (only countries percentage), language and stats about how many api calls are made + api errors.
Facebook App:
The thing with official app is that you can't decide what permissions you can give to it, because it's official and it can do everything. If you loose your phone and you don't have the proper security level, everyone can do everything on your FB account with the Fb app.
Moreover, you don't know what kind of analytic, hidden services and hidden processes are on the app. You have to give so many android permissions that you literally give the app a full control of your phone.
I know that I am no one, and it's hard to trust, but Fast is here from almost 2 years and people trust my app. You can check the ratings and all the discussion here, I am always open to change the app, follow feedback and fix everything. My motto is to be transparent and always open to accept critics and new ideas.
If someone needs more info, feel free to write here!!
Old changelogs
Code:
[B][SIZE="3"]Fast 1.9.8.7 Build "cops"[/SIZE][/B]
• Updated to the latest Facebook© SDK for android
• Modified login behavior in order to be in compliance with the Facebook© Policy
• Fixed comments in notification detail view
• Improved News Feed parser
• Fix of some crashes
• Improved graphics layout
[B][SIZE="3"]Fast 1.9.8.4 Build "Eldar"[/SIZE][/B]
• Added photo tagging (for album and “just uploaded” photos)
• Added new tablet landscape layout
• Added full private messages history (if you are on top of the message history the old messages are loaded automatically)
• Added possibility to post a photo directly in a status update
• Added Friendship request
• Added custom color background selectable with a color picker
• Added search bar in sliding menu
• Added birthdays in friends list
• Added button to go to the top of the main feed list if new stories are loaded (it shows also how many new stories are loaded)
• Added counter of likes in a page
• Added text description for same action bar buttons
• Added progress update in webview login
• Added in sliding menu the profile photo of the actual user
• Added confirm to leave status update (tap back too)
• Updated write on wall feature following the new Face-book© Rules: [url]https://developers.facebook.com/road...leted-changes/[/url]
• Updated main view action bar
• Updated languages
• Updated sliding menu layout
• Fixed main news feed jump when load new stories
• Improved chat loadings
• Improved messaging
• Improved status update
• Added landscape view for security view
• Removed main news feed update on resume of the app (if you want a refresh just type the refresh button in the action bar or pull to refresh)
[B][SIZE="1"]Fast 1.9.8.2 Build "OnOff" [/B]
• A lot of improvements on memory management
• A lot of improvements on images show and cache
• Reduced size of the app from 3.5MB to 2.9MB
• Fixed notifications red button bug
[B]Fast 1.9.8.1 Build "wii" [/B]
• Less ads! Removed ads in detailed news view (free version)
• Once you tap on a banner you will not see it for 24 hours (free version)
• Improved chat and private messages layout
• Improved user-page-group feed list
• Removed some bugs and crashes
[B]Fast 1.98 Build "logan" [/B]
• New 3 graphic designs of news feed for both themes
• Main news feed accessible offline
• Changed profile-page-group layout
• Improved loadings of main news feed and friends list
• Improved main news feed scrolling
• Improved sharing features
• Improved zoom feature for pictures
• Improved recommend feature
• Reduced a lot the flickering on main news feed
• Polished layout for the action bar
• Removed a (rare) crash on exit and other bugs
[B]Fast 1.97 Build "bee" [/B]
- improved news feed management
- improved tutorial
- improved first time login management
- faster and smoother scrolling
- fixed grey theme
- added recommend fast to your friends
[B] Fast 1.94 Build "Gordon"[/B]
• New icon design
• Added endless load of comments (now is possible to scroll down until the last comment)
• Added splash screen (during the splash Fast starts to load data)
• Added module to link Fast Notification add-on to Fast for Facebook
• Updated Facebook SDK to the latest version
• Bigger images on tablet layout
• Improved visualization of photos and pictures in gallery and in save view
• Added dedicated link and picture link space in status update and user/page/group wall
• Added preview of the last comments on every posts with less than 20 comments (like Facebook website)
• Added direct open of Youtube videos trough video preview
• Added external share
• Fixed external picture share
• Fixed external share
• Fixed page-user gallery
• Fixed the page - user view
• Fixed notification open
• Fixed a bug in friends list
• Fixed avatar preview
• Fixed bug in passkey code reset
• Fixed security lock
• Fixed layout issues in grey theme and with white font
• Changed search layout (now is possible to search using keyboard action search)
[B] Fast 1.9 Build "Lime" [/B]
•New login system
•Added multi user access (up to 6 users)
•Migration to new Facebook SDK 3.0
•Added dynamic list for user online in chat (now when someone enters or lefts the chat, his name will appear or disappear from the online list)
•Added themes for status update view
•Added widget preview
•Added permissions check when posting something on Facebook
•Friends list completely rewritten, now is blazing fast
•Improved layouts
•Improved connectivity
•Updated all languages
[B] Fast 1.86 Build "Apple"[/B]
• Added album selection when upload a pic inside the app
• Added link manager in order to open a link with the chosen external app
• New action bar
• Improved album management
• Fixed YouTube link
• Fixed crash when resume news reader from background
• Fixed various bugs and crashes
[B]Fast 1.85 Build “Strawberry”[/B]
• new read view with horizontal swipe and new functionalities
• new like system: now is possible to see who liked what
• new memory management to avoid heap overflow
• new facebook sdk changes
• new big screens layout (5" +)
• new comment system for like, share and likes visualization
• new image download system with notification
• added autofocus in camera
• added autoflash in camera
• added notifications refresh
• added messages refresh
• added Bulgarian language
• faster chat access
• changed layout in user-page-groups profile ( now is possible to write directly on the timeline)
• pics in main wall are now tapable
• changed chat layout
• now chat show only online and afk users
• now pictures are in full size in the zoom view
• updated all languages
• bug fixes
[B]Fast 1.8 Build “Pineapple”[/B]
Change log:
Added photos view for groups
Added save picture feature in album
Added notification icon type
Added notification time
Added theme in photos album
Added theme to news details view
Added album name in album's view title bar
Notifications view and management completely rewritten
Now all notifications are read if notifications main button is tapped
Improved albums load and management
Improved performance and memory management of images loading
Improved user experience of settings
Improved notification details loading
Updated Turkish, Russian and Portuguese (Brazil)
Fixed settings for main theme
Fixed a lot of crashes and bugs
Fixed home news feed order bug
Fixed private messages notifications number bug
Beta 10 v1.7
Added share post, link and status with picture
Added linkified text in main feed, user feed, chat and comments. Now you can tap on websites, email, phone numbers and locations
Added friends tag in status updates and share news improved loading friends list
Added tutorial
Added endless load in the page, user and group views
Added description to news details view (better understand what is button for)
Added progress indication to update status view
Added location info in each post (if present)
Added Indonesian, Romanian, Serbian and Thai languages
Added black arrow for pull to refresh in white screen
Added groups notifications
Added load of notifications related to friends lists
Fixed some chat bugs
Fixed private messages that doesn't show in some cases
Fixed private messages layout
Fixed bug "Facebook error"
Fixed portrait in chat notification
Fixed text dimension in pull to refresh
Fixed notifications list load
Fixed some search bugs
Improved speed of private message loading
Improved speed of loading notification details
Expanded types of readable private messages
Expanded limit of viewable photos in each album (from 25 to 100)
Now is possible to delete own post created in fast
Updated all translations of all languages
Search people need a complete name to show a result
[B]Beta 9 v1.6[/B]
- Improved connectivity
- Fixed the bug of sporadic endless loadings
- Profile-page-groups visualizations
- Fixed notifications unread number in main view
- Improved and fixed all share features
- Improved profile-page-groups loading speed
- Added copy text of chat message
- Added icon in chat to hide online-offline people list
- Changed chat layout in order to save space
- Fixed bugs and force close
- Default theme is now White
- Fixed scale type in photo preview in gallery
- Added indonesian and thai
[B][SIZE="1"]Beta 8 v1.55[/SIZE][/B]
- Fix private messages and chat history
- Added languages:
Finnish
Catalan
Czech
Greek
Arabic
- General bug fixes and improvements
Beta 7 v1.5
General
Share with customized privacy options
Review of the sharing content before real sharing
Added Cross Promotion, this is not admob or similar. It's only a PNG! No bandwidth consumption
Front camera bug fixed
Layouts
Added bookmarks menu for pages and groups
New swipe between news
New layout for share menu and news visualization
Improved chat layout
Graphics
Added white theme and dark font
Pictures and photos
Zoom
Download
Higher definition
[SIZE="2"]Beta 6 v1.4[/SIZE]
General:
- Optimized loading and connectivity
- Introduced an advanced cache that automatically loads images and minimizes the internet usage
Thanks to this system is faster too
- Fixed bugs and problems reported by users
- Ability to delete own comments
- Ability to delete status from your profile
- Grouped sharing icons on the main screen, by pressing the button "+" the icons appear
Appearance:
- After a report by Facebook, We changed name, icon and graphics
- Updated some icons
- Introduced a higher quality and larger fonts for TABLETS
Bulletin board:
- Increased the number of news readable in the main screen
Chat:
- Optimized the loading speed
- Adjusted the position of notifications to avoid overlapping of action bar.
Safety:
- Introduced optional security system that works every time you close the application. The system allows to open the app only by inserting pin previously set. The system is optional and enabled / disabled from the settings menu.
Camera:
- Added the ability to take pictures and to upload your photos immediately. It’s possible to take
and upload multiple photos at once.
Quick Links:
- Quick link to update own state.
Widget:
- Introduced 2 widgets for quick access to sharing features (new state, new checkin, new picture taken from camera, new image, new Private Message)
Languages:
- Update German, Hungarian
- Added turkish, Portuguese, Polish
Miscellaneous:
- Tuned refresh pull down.
- Fixed bug on ICS for the display of text written in Search and Chat
- Slightly increased the size of the friends online list in chat
- Improved management of notifications
- Introduced the ability to directly open the photo album in case a notification refers to multiple photos
- Introduced a dialog in the case when there are connectivity problems
- Optimized external sharing
- Optimized photos upload
- Optimized friends list loading
- Optimized login / logout
- Increased font size in some sections
- Added donate to support us
Beta 5 v1.36
New languages:
Croatian
German
Hungarian
Danish
Chinese
Improved load of main screen
Bug fixes
Beta 4 v1.3
- Mainscreen:
Increased the number of types of news
User Photos in the News
News and news in detail horizontal view
Color identification for each type of news
Added Groups (Reading, Comment, Like, Share)
HD Images
PinchToZoom on Pictures and news
Possibility of removing "Likes" by a news
-Chat:
Added New Chat system
Added list online / offline Friends
Real-time notification in the chat with multiple users simultaneously (no background)
Added search form for Friends in chat
Friends List expandable and reducible
Chat also in horizontal
-Friends:
Optimized scrolling speed of Buddy List
Quick Search form
Cover photos and friends time line
-Settings:
Login / Logout
Added menu backgrounds
Performance settings added (Ability to change the performance settings and option to free up cache)
-Image Gallery:
Added Albums
Added comments displayed for each image
PinchToZoom on each individual photo
-Private Messages:
List messages with details of the person you contacted
Easy searching of the person that you want to contact
Possibility to send private messages directly from your profile page
-Improvements
Optimized loading speed
Optimized pagination News
Optimized the update rate Notifications
Optimized speed of loading images
Optimized search speed
Fixed all the bugs found
Added possibility to open notifications in Groups[/SIZE]
wish you a good luck i will try it
Any screenshots?
voddles said:
Any screenshots?
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Love the holo themed UI!
Sent from my HTC Vision using Tapatalk 2 Beta-5
Love the Holo theme, but what about data privacy please ?
Trojan38 said:
Love the Holo theme, but what about data privacy please ?
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Well,
login is trough a webview directly connected with Facebook (fb dialog), so no data is passed trough the app. The are no analytics such as google, flurry, socialize, etc etc. So the only data I receive is from the developer dashboard of Facebook.
So, all the connections are trough facebook open graph or the xmpp facebook server (using SASL, no md5 with user and password in clear )
Talking about privacy, I will introduce the possibility to use the privacy settings for the sharing of content and update status.
Thank u
Will test your app. Works push notification with your App ?
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Urokinase said:
Will test your app. Works push notification with your App ?
Gesendet von meinem GT-I9100 mit Tapatalk
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Not for now... it will be in the next updates
taomorpheus said:
Well,
login is trough a webview directly connected with Facebook (fb dialog), so no data is passed trough the app. The are no analytics such as google, flurry, socialize, etc etc. So the only data I receive is from the developer dashboard of Facebook.
So, all the connections are trough facebook open graph or the xmpp facebook server (using SASL, no md5 with user and password in clear )
Talking about privacy, I will introduce the possibility to use the privacy settings for the sharing of content and update status.
Thank u
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Thanks for explaning, that's what I wanted to hear . Gonna try .
nice app! really liked it
Hey dude, it look sick! Would recommend to my frens naw! Uninstalling Official fb app naw + Do make a widget... ;(
Sent from my Nexus S using Tapatalk 2 Beta-5
Complimenti, grande app!
Sent from my GT-S5660 using XDA
Any chance of implementing contact sync? It's the only reason I even keep the official client installed.
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Any chance of implementing contact sync? It's the only reason I even keep the official client installed.
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This is on my roadmap, but there are so many features and tweaks that i want to do!!!
Probably after April I will do it (I've put it on the 1.4 release)
wow, wicked, just what i needed, i used to freeze facebook when not in use using titanium backup due to heavy service/ram usage. thanks
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wow great new facebook app :d
one suggestion:
I would like to see a built in picture viewer so you can look at ALL pictures inside the app...I wasn´t able to get a viewer option at least ...
keep it up
+1 on the proper background service. I stopped using the official since most versions would always run no matter the settings which resulted being a battery killer. if you can configure it to cache to the background so it's not running consistently you may just be on the road to compete against friendcaster
sent from my ICS flavored HTC Vigorous Vigor. If I helped please use the "thanks" option!
Landscape support please......otherwise....looks good!
Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA
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Hi Guys,
Since I have hard time to find free Spy Camera for me, I decide to create my own.
And because I don't have much android phones, I will be grateful if you can test on your device and give feedback here and at the market.
----------- DESCRIPTION------------
Everyone at one time will want to capture image without anyone notice it, this application will give you an easy, fast and smart way doing it.
Spy Camera OS is the best application in the market to do that.
Spy Camera OS 2 is back. More candid than ever.
Please update your SCOS to this latest app.
SCOS have been downloaded by more than 1 millions users
Simply the best candid camera. Capturing special & important moment.
Spy Camera OS able to run in background, allowing you run any other app (e.g browser) while still capturing image/video in background.
It will work even you turn the screen off.
----------- OFFICIAL RELEASE DOWNLOAD------------
Official Website : http://spycameraos.com
Official Website : http://androidspycamera.com
All version APK on next post
------------BETA/RELEASE CANDIDATE------------
------------REVIEW------------
- http://blog.apptopia.com/spy-camera-os-james-bond-level-spy-tools/
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(video review based on v0.3.5)
- http://gs3.****************/how-to/...h-your-galaxy-s3-other-android-phone-0155916/
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(video review based on v0.1.5)
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(video review based on v0.1.1)
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(video review based on v0.1.1)
- http://www.xda-developers.com/android/open-source-spy-camera-app-helps-take-secret-pictures/
- http://techtrickz.com/mobile/spy-ca...pture-photos-without-giving-hint-of-snapping/
Features:
- Small and simple application, easy to understand
- All image resolution option
- Burst shot
- Auto shot with delay setting
- Face detection auto shot
- Black screen (touch to capture)
- Hide/custom* folder
- Video Recording (Experimental)
- Save to internal/external storage*
- Widget for faster capture & more secure shortcut naming
- Auto email sending
Language
- English
- Spanish (antieco)
- Danish (DKTranslate)
- Chinese (Jimmy Yu)
- Greek (Fragiskos Leontis)
- Deutsch (Christoph Puhl)
Next Features:
- 4K video recording
- Custom filename format
- Submit your idea/code at XDA / email me
------------SCREENSHOT------------
Attached. Or see it on the market.
------------END------------
Many Thanks
Change Log:
0.8 APK
0.7: APK
0.6: APK
0.5: APK
0.4.2: APK
Version 0.4.2:
- New publish to follow Google Play policy, you can delete the previous SCOS version
- Previous donate key app will still work
- Bug fixes
0.4.1: APK
Version 0.4.1:
- New language: Polish (thanks to Maciej)
- Android 6.0 runtime permission request
- Prevent video corrupt because of empty battery shutdown
- Add headset button action configuration
- Bug fixes
0.4.0: APK
Version 0.4.0:
- Fix wrong rotation on Nexus 5X
- Add camera rotation setting each for front & back camera
- Not showing notification on lock screen
- Requested feature: Image filename configuration
- Requested feature: Video filename configuration
- 3rd party integration (e.g Tasker & Automate)
- Bug fixes
0.3.9: APK
Version 0.3.9:
V0.3.9:
- 4K video recording(beta)
- Fix video recording on Sony Z5 models
- Add setting (more...) to fix image rotation
- Improve image capture silent
- Saving to external sdcard (for Android 5.0 Lollipop or newer)
- New language added: Italian (Marco Mandaliti)
- New language added: Russian (Alexey Frolov)
- New language added: Turkish (Sezgin Durmuş)
- New language added: French (Angeek)
- Bug fixes
0.3.8: APK
Version 0.3.8:
- Change to new package name
- Bug fixes
0.3.7: APK
Version 0.3.7:
- Change to new package name
- New language added: Greek (Fragiskos Leontis)
- Bug fixes
V0.3.6:
- Smart battery saver: turn off camera when minimized
- Fix: high-res image capture from widget
0.3.4: APK
Version 0.3.4:
- New language added: Mandarin(中文) (Jimmy Yu)
- Add setting to disable volume button monitoring when minimized
- Hide software button on Black Mode (Kitkat)
- Fix issue music sound low on running SCOS
0.3.3: APK
Version 0.3:
- New application engine
- Volume button shortcut work on minimized
- Moveable UI up and down
- You can interact with your background
- Video recording auto focus now working
- Additional startup mode*
- New cool app icon (contribution from Leonard)
- Not shown on recent app
- Change default folder name to SCOS
- New language added: Spanish (antieco)
- New language added: Danish (DKTranslate)
- Various fixes
0.2: APK
- Fix issue on Android 4.4 Kitkat
- Fix crash issues
- Add custom maximum video file size (Donate)
- Automatic continue video recording to next file on reaching max size (Donate)
0.1.9: APK
- Fix button not working
- Fix start with black mode
- Add burst for key shortcut
- Fix issue on some Android 2.3.3
0.1.8: APK
- Fix random stopped when minimized
- Implement rotation for video recording & Burst shot
- Smarter and faster image auto rotation, try it
- Touch preview image to capture image
- Join beta tester group (setting) to try new version first
- Set video max size ~4GB to prevent corrupt video
0.1.6.1: APK
- Introducing Slider UI for preview size & camera zoom
0.1.5: APK
- Various bug fixing
0.1.4: APK
- New feature: Burst-shot mode
- Fix possible hide folder issue
- Various bug fixing
0.1.3.1: APK
- New feature to automatically send image captured via GMail account
- Add option to disable background service for those who experiencing performance issue
- Fix wrong rotation on tablets
- Various bug fixes
0.1.2: APK
- Minimize and capture image/video in background
(Experimental)
- Widget feature for faster action and for custom text
- Add custom rotation setting
- Fix crash on HTC Wildfire
- Various bug fixes
0.1.1: APK
- Restore audio setting (silent/vibrate/ringing) on closing application
- Black mode:
* Back button will close the application</li>
* To go back to normal mode use menu button or pinch-out zoom the screen</li>
- Various bug fixes
0.1.0: APK
- Refactor the source code for easier code maintenance & new features implementation
- Fix auto focus implementation
- New features:
* Automatically silent the phone
* Volume + & - are configurable for image capture & other actions
* Save to external memory card
* Start with black mode
* Autoshot delay options now 1-10seconds
- Add donate button
- Handle & fix various issues
0.0.9.1: APK
- Quick patch for Android 2.2 Froyo (Video recording only for Android 2.3 or newer)
0.0.9 (2012-12-6):
- Video recording (Experimental)
*New permission (RECORD_VIDEO & RECORD_AUDIO) will be needed for this
- Redesign buttons layout
- Change application name to 'S-Cam OS'
- Add switch button to fastly switch between front/back camera
- Fix face-detection feature for autoshot on some devices
- Fix image rotation on landscape mode
- Handle & fix commons crash in various devices
0.0.8 (2012-10-28): APK
- Add complete max camera resolutions (these resolution might trigger shutter sound on some device)
- Add vibration on image capture (toggle in setting)
*New permission (VIBRATE) will be needed for this
- Separate back/front camera resolution setting
- Handle & fix commons crash in various devices
0.0.7: APK
- Fix preview image orientation issue on tablets
- Black screen : touch to capture image, back button to deactivate it
- Limit preview image size
0.0.6:
- Fix setting crash on phones with 1 camera
0.0.5:
- Image capture file now have correct rotation
- Add setting to hide/show SpyCamera folder in gallery
- Zoom bug fixes, and other bug fixes
0.0.4:
- Zoom : Pinch on preview image
- Update Gallery(media scan) on capture
- Bug fixes (issue #2 & #5)
- Add About and Feedback in setting
0.0.3:
- Bug fixes
- Add crash(FC) report
0.0.1:
- first release
FAQ
Q: Why is the image result is blurred and out of focus ?
A: Try to enable autofocus in setting. And try to not move the phone when taking picture for better result
Q: Can I open other app while taking pictures or recording video? Or turn off my screen?
A: Yes, you just need to press the action button (auto / video) then minimize. You can restore the UI back by clicking the notification. Other way is setup the volume button action, then you can minimize first and trigger the image capture or video recording with volume button.
Q: Run SCOS but no button shown only floating image preview
A: I'm guessing you are using Xiaomi phones or MIUI ROM, you need to enable floating windows option at Android setting - Application Manager - SCOS - checked option about floating window
Q: Using high-res image or video recording causing shutter sound, what can I do?
A: While SCOS try it best to disable the shutter sound still some phone model forcing the shutter sound and SCOS still depends on the API provided by the ROM/OS. If your phone rooted you can remove the shutter sound file located at /system/media/audio/ui, find audio file contain 'shutter'
Q: My video seems corrupt, SCOS was crashed when recording/the phone shutdown because battery empty. What can I do?
A: Sorry to hear that. Some user reported that they can recover part of the video with recovery video tool, so the best bet is you try install recovery video tool for your PC/Mac. I'm adding shutdown handling on V0.4.1 to prevent video corrupt on empty battery.
Q: I've bought SCOS donate app, do I need to buy SCOS2 donate key?
A: No, just email me about it. I'll send you SCOS1 donate key.
Q: It's been a while since last update, do you still maintain it?
A: Yes, although SCOS is not my main job. Join the beta tester to get updated with latest 'quite stable' feature. I'll try to publish it to beta every time I add new feature.
Q: Can I contribute new language or update language (new string / wrong translation)?
A: Sure, all SCOS translation is from contributor. I will appreciate it a lot and it will help non-english speaker use SCOS.
Q: I have great ideas for SCOS
A: Cool, share it here or email it to me through setting - send feedback.
Q: I found bug, crash or some feature not working
A: Sorry to hear that, share it here or email it to me through setting - send feedback.
thats great.
working fine here
When switched to "black" on tf300t jb custom ROM, app force closes. Sent bug report. Regards.
TF300T using XDA Premium HD
meethere said:
thats great.
working fine here
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Thank you.
Can you give info about your android brand and model?
b-m-b-85 said:
When switched to "black" on tf300t jb custom ROM, app force closes. Sent bug report. Regards.
TF300T using XDA Premium HD
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Got your error report, many thanks. I will check on the issue (added to app issues)
It forced closed immediately on my Samsung Infuse running the latest CM10. I'm not sure if the error report went though though. I can try again if not.
Whizzpopper said:
It forced closed immediately on my Samsung Infuse running the latest CM10. I'm not sure if the error report went though though. I can try again if not.
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If you run the application again, it will show dialog asking to send crash report.
Updating to version 0.0.4:
Adding pinch to zoom (user request)
Some issue fixes
Updating Gallery (media scan) on image capture
Adding about and feedback in setting
Version 0.0.5 on the way
Just upload version 0.0.5 to Market. It should be available in several hours.
Thank you for the error reports, feedbacks and suggestions via email and pm.
Does what it was intended to do but the front facing camera messes up in landscape.
Sent from my Sony Tablet S using xda premium
andyabc said:
Does what it was intended to do but the front facing camera messes up in landscape.
Sent from my Sony Tablet S using xda premium
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Thank you for the feedback.
Since the application will always portrait, even if your current phone state is landscape it will still portrait.
Do you mean that the app should support landscape mode?
Asus Transformers TF300T
Rooted, stock based Jb rom (clean rom 2.5)
Can't download from play store (error retrieving information from server [RPC: AEC:0]
No probs with any other app on play store
trevor7428 said:
Asus Transformers TF300T
Rooted, stock based Jb rom (clean rom 2.5)
Can't download from play store (error retrieving information from server [RPC: AEC:0]
No probs with any other app on play store
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Seems there's something wrong with Google market cloud or something.
I also receive that error, but after couple try it finally downloaded successfully.
jimmod said:
Thank you for the feedback.
Since the application will always portrait, even if your current phone state is landscape it will still portrait.
Do you mean that the app should support landscape mode?
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Well, i use a tablet
Has you can see, my hand is in the image, my hand was going across the screen and my hand was going straight, not upwards like in the image.
Sent from my Sony Tablet S using xda premium
andyabc said:
Well, i use a tablet
Has you can see, my hand is in the image, my hand was going across the screen and my hand was going straight, not upwards like in the image.
Sent from my Sony Tablet S using xda premium
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You're right, my bad. I forgot about the tablets..
Will include this on the next version. (Noted on https://bitbucket.org/jimmod/spycamera/issue/13/application-orientation-should-depends-on)
Great app, I do have a feature request
Hide the notification bar when you click "black"
Press screen to take photo while on "black" instead of showing the screen again
also a bug report
if I click back when I am on black, the app just stops responding
I have a galaxy S i900 with ICS 4.1.2
Great!
Works in Galaxy Ace (S5830)
Just some requests.
If I zoom in too much, the zoom out button will dissapear and I won't be able to to zoom out again unless I delete the app and install again, it could also be moveable as a widget
Sounds like an amazing app I shall download at once
niabi said:
Great app, I do have a feature request
Hide the notification bar when you click "black"
Press screen to take photo while on "black" instead of showing the screen again
also a bug report
if I click back when I am on black, the app just stops responding
I have a galaxy S i900 with ICS 4.1.2
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Thank you for the feedback.
Noted. (https://bitbucket.org/jimmod/spycamera/issue/14/on-black-screen-hide-notification-bar | https://bitbucket.org/jimmod/spycamera/issue/15/on-black-screen-add-feature-touching-the)
For click back on my phones (Galaxy Note & W) is not crashing it, just exit the app. Will change it to close the black screen rather closing the app.
I also notice that on black screen if we doing fake calls (put the phone on our ears) it will close the black screen.
Planned to also change this.
Tovagulet said:
Great!
Works in Galaxy Ace (S5830)
Just some requests.
If I zoom in too much, the zoom out button will dissapear and I won't be able to to zoom out again unless I delete the app and install again, it could also be moveable as a widget
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Thank you for the feedback.
Do you mean the plus(+) button for increasing the preview size.
Noted. Will prevent it to exceed the screen width on next version.
For moveable preview I will need to think from UX perspective.
(https://bitbucket.org/jimmod/spycamera/issue/16/prevent-image-preview-size-exceeding-the | https://bitbucket.org/jimmod/spycamera/issue/18/moveable-preview-image)
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Sounds like an amazing app I shall download at once
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Please drop some feedback whether the app run correctly.
Giving good rating/coment on the market will also support me
CURRENT VERSION 1.5.2 RELEASED DECEMBER 7, 2014 - SEE BELOW FOR CHANGELOG AND DIRECT APK LINK
I would like to share with you guys an app I recently finished called Fresco. With Fresco you can view images posted on the Astronomy Picture of the Day website of NASA. Every image has an explanation written by a professional astronomer and every image ever posted on this website is available in this app (starting somewhere back in 1995) and the goal was to create a very polished, responsive, fast and easy to use interface while being very feature rich.
QR-Code
Use this QR-code to install the app!
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Screenshots:
Features
* View over 5800 images with a new one being downloaded every day
* Mark images as favorites
* View a random image with one button click (I use it to find cool pictures and stories, you can cycle through all images or your favorites)
* View a grid with image archive (with ascending, descending and random sorting)
* Full Text Search for images (e.g. searching for 'apollo moon armstrong' will show all images containing those words, the index uses Porter Stemming Algorithm)
* Double click an image to view it full-size and you can zoom it
* Set image as wallpaper
* Automatically set wallpaper to today's image as soon as it's downloaded (my favorite)
* Share images (via all channels available on your device)
Why it was made
For a long time I was used to a similar app called NasaImages, but it disturbed me that it had a sluggish interface, showed wrong dates and was not able to correctly show 'special characters' like ë and ß. Also i would have liked to set the wallpaper automatically when a new image was downloaded. I addressed all these issues and tried to create a very fast, very polished, simple and yet feature-rich 'replacement' app which is developed using the latest design guidelines. Fresco is the result
The name?
There's an image of two astronauts reaching with their fingers to one another like Michelangelo's painting in the Sistine Chapel (the creation of Adam). I found that image very touching and decided to use it as icon of the app. Wall paintings like the creation of Adam are called frescoes, so that's how I came up with the name (well, actually my girlfriend came up with it, so I guess I should say thanks honey ).
Why this post?
First of all, every developer wants to share his creation because he/she wants to entertain or help others with a problem he/she has had. For me it's no different, I love this app and everyday I wake up I can't wait to check the new image posted and I want to share my excitement with you guys. Second, this is my first serious attempt to create an Android app and I am curious how people think I've done so far. The app is completely free of charge, although it is ad-supported. This is because the images are indexed on my own VPS and that has to be paid and I hope to do that with this app and my future apps
Who am I?
I am a reader of XDA for quite some years now. I did not post a lot and I'm not active in a lot of boards, mostly the Windows Mobile Phone (pre 7) ones and Android/SGS1 boards from two years ago until now. My name is Jori and I live in the Netherlands in a small town called Purmerend (close to Amsterdam). I am a software engineer for a company that creates CRM software and in my free time Iove to play handball, expand my coding skills and spend time with my family.
Closing words
I hope you like (the idea) of this app and hopefully you guys can give me some feedback At least let me thank you for reading.
Change log
1.5.2 (december 7, 2014)
- Changed retrieval url to be able to download images again
- Updated local database with pictures until december 7, 2014
1.5.1 (october 23, 2013)
- Fixed a bug in database initialization which could cause spontaneous re-initializations and crashes
- Added a pop-up icon in the action-bar for all devices (devices without HW buttons already had that icon)
- Changed sharing, so you can share the actual image in stead of a link to it
- Increased responsiveness of the app
- Removed the Image of the Day (NASA) archive, due to the change of the website of the NASA, this cannot be kept up-to-date.
1.5.0 (july 24, 2013)
- The notification will now correctly be removed when a new new wallpaper has been selected (e.g. when you select an alternative). After selecting the wallpaper, the selection dialog will also automatically be closed.
- Fixed a bug where a CPU of your phone could go up to 100% usage due to the NASA IOTD images not being available (anymore)
- Removed all NASA IOTD images, since NASA changed the method of exposing this data. This will be fixed in the next version (probably somewhere in August), for now only APOD images will be available.
- Decreased the amount of error reports being sent to only the unexpected ones
1.4.8 (jun 7, 2013)
- Decreased the amount of error reports being sent to only the unexpected ones
- Added the possibility to send anonymous user statistics (this is enabled by default and can be disabled in the preferences)
1.4.7 (jun 4, 2013)
- Improved the random crashes fix and don't let Fresco crash anymore when it occurs.
- Added a setting to send catched crash reports for better inspection of the root cause of the random crash bug (no sensitive/private data will be sent, you can disable this in the settings screen)
1.4.6 (may 30, 2013)
- Fixed an issue where downloading images after a reboot would only occur after you started the app at least once
- Improved the random crashes fix (on some devices the crashes still occur, hopefully everything is ok now)
- Improved the speed of downloading new entries
1.4.5 (may 4, 2013)
- Fixed a spontaneous crash that could occur sometimes (due to an out of memory error)
1.4.4 (may 3, 2013)
- Fixed random crashes in alarm manager (app keeps crashing on certain devices)
- Widgets were still not clickable sometimes, tried to fix that (again)
1.4.3 (apr 5, 2013)
- Added option in the settings dialog to move the internal db Fresco uses to the sd (to save up internal storage space)
- Fixed an issue where on some devices Fresco could crash all the time. Please do a clear all data if you encountered this issue after you update to this version.
- Thoroughly went through all crash reports and tried to fix all of them (including random crashes)
- Fixed a whole lot more strange characters in Dutch translations
1.4.2 (mar 10, 2013)
- Added a .nomedia file to each folder Fresco uses to save cached images (so Fresco's images will not show up in your gallery app(s) anymore), you can disable this switch in the settings screen.
- Fixed strange characters in Dutch translations (like é )
- [3.0+] Fixed issue with the picture frame widget showing a faint line on the bottom
- [3.0+] Probably fixed an issue clicking the widget (over time) would not work anymore
1.4.1 (mar 5, 2013)
- [3.0+] Fixed issue with the picture frame widget not fully resizing on high resolution devices
1.4.0 (mar 3, 2013)
- Rewrote background worker mechanism, this should fix all 'freeze' situations and make Fresco a lot more responsive (like it should)
- [3.0+] Added (scrollable) home screen widgets for today's image (Picture frame, just text or both)
- Fresco now chooses an appropriate location for cached images and this location is now editable in settings
- Notifications of new wallpapers didn't work until the app was started at least once
- In the select wallpaper dialog you can now open Fresco (to read the text of the image)
- Removed unused space on imageview (sometimes the text was even not visible without scrolling while half of the screen was black)
- [3.0+]Widgets are now clickable
- Automatically setting an IOTD image as wallpaper could fail
1.3.1 and 1.3.2 (jan 28, 2013)
- Tried to fix an OutOfMemory issue
1.3.0 (jan 27, 2013)
- Added a complete archive of the Nasa image of the day (iotd) images (found on www.nasa.gov), over 2300!
- Added the latest iotd to the wallpaper selection screen
- Clarified the tabs on the wallpaper selection screen by making the page indicator lines thicker and moving them to the top
- Improved image resizing of smaller images (they will now stretch)
- Improved memory utilization when opening large images
1.2.1 (jan 21, 2013)
- Some devices still had problems with stretching wallpapers, fixed that now!
1.2.0 (jan 20, 2013)
- Setting a wallpaper will stretch to full screen now! (thanks for reporting this one)
- Auto set wallpaper has now a new option in which you can if and how you want to be notified if a new wallpaper is available (see screenshot)
- Images are initially rendered larger now so it looks more epic and when double clicking it'll open the full-screen view and zoom in automatically
- When you select a random image, you can now scroll back and forth through the selected images
- Retrieval of latest entries was slow when initializing the database for the first time
- Fixed Android 2.2 compatibility issues (crashes)
- Fixed a whole bunch of crashes: restoring Fresco after a long period, setting a video as wallpaper (disabled now), when initializing the Fresco database (sometimes the dialog was already dismissed)
1.1.1 (jan 10, 2013)
- Added a Dutch translation for images where available (starting from january 1st, 2005). Fresco will automatically select a language for you, but it can be changed in the settings screen.
- Every image has a unique id now (a code)
- At the image archive you can now select an image not only by date, but also by code
- You can now import (or merge) and export favorites
- You can open the source webpage of an image
- Added information about the source of the images in the settings dialog
1.0.1 (jan 3, 2013)
- Initial public version
Feedback / problems
You can use Twitter to report problems or send some feedback: toverbalApps
Link
Play store: Fresco (not available anymore because of suspension of developer account, see here)
APK
Direct link to APK (1.5.2): https://dl.dropbox.com/u/11837707/fresco/apks/Fresco_1_5_2.apk
Older versions
1.5.0 - https://dl.dropbox.com/u/11837707/fresco/apks/Fresco_1_5_1.apk
1.5.0 - https://dl.dropbox.com/u/11837707/fresco/apks/Fresco_1_5_0.apk
1.4.9 - https://dl.dropbox.com/u/11837707/fresco/apks/Fresco_1_4_9.apk
1.4.8 - https://dl.dropbox.com/u/11837707/fresco/apks/Fresco_1_4_8.apk
1.4.7 - https://dl.dropbox.com/u/11837707/fresco/apks/Fresco_1_4_7.apk
1.4.6 - https://dl.dropbox.com/u/11837707/fresco/apks/Fresco_1_4_6.apk
1.4.5 - https://dl.dropbox.com/u/11837707/fresco/apks/Fresco_1_4_5.apk
1.4.4 - https://dl.dropbox.com/u/11837707/fresco/apks/Fresco_1_4_4.apk
1.4.3 - https://dl.dropbox.com/u/11837707/fresco/apks/Fresco_1_4_3.apk
1.4.2 - https://dl.dropbox.com/u/11837707/fresco/apks/Fresco_1_4_2.apk
1.4.1 - https://dl.dropbox.com/u/11837707/fresco/apks/Fresco_1_4_1.apk
1.4.0 - https://dl.dropbox.com/u/11837707/fresco/apks/Fresco_1_4_0.apk
1.3.2 - https://dl.dropbox.com/u/11837707/fresco/apks/Fresco_1_3_2.apk
1.3.1 - https://dl.dropbox.com/u/11837707/fresco/apks/Fresco_1_3_1.apk
1.3.0 - https://dl.dropbox.com/u/11837707/fresco/apks/Fresco_1_3_0.apk
1.2.1 - https://dl.dropbox.com/u/11837707/fresco/apks/Fresco_1_2_1.apk
1.2.0 - https://dl.dropbox.com/u/11837707/fresco/apks/Fresco_1_2_0.apk
Good luck with that!
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Good luck with that!
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Thanks, I hope people will like it
Good idea. I love the photos that NASA does. Already downloading!
I regularly change my wallpaper using this app. Nicely done!
On a sidenote: I noticed there's a Dutch site (apod.nl) that contains translations of the accompanying texts.
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I regularly change my wallpaper using this app. Nicely done!
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Hey thanks!
On a sidenote: I noticed there's a Dutch site (apod.nl) that contains translations of the accompanying texts.
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I checked it out and it indeed contains all all dutch translations going back to somewhere in december 2004. I will check out if I can index them too, shouldn't be too much of a problem and when done, the app can be completely in ducth too, which should be nice Thanks for spotting man!
nice app. thanks
Awesome app for switching my wallpaper daily. The quality of the pictures are great and the app runs very smooth.:good:
I'm only mildly interested in NASA's photos, but your app looks nice. Sad that you're the only reviewer on Google Play. I'll throw it a review after playing with it for a bit. Thanks for sharing. Nice OP, too, very well written and formatted. Wish they were all like that.
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nice app. thanks
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x-fanity said:
Awesome app for switching my wallpaper daily. The quality of the pictures are great and the app runs very smooth.:good:
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Thanks, it's nice to read such posts
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I'm only mildly interested in NASA's photos, but your app looks nice. Sad that you're the only reviewer on Google Play.
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Thanks, there are some Dutch reviews too, but you won't see them unless you select 'Dutch' in the play store But I had actually thought the interest would be somewhat higher, doesn't matter though, even if no one will use it, it has been a great learning experience
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I'll throw it a review after playing with it for a bit. Thanks for sharing. Nice OP, too, very well written and formatted. Wish they were all like that.
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Thank you and thanks for the compliment. I tried to imagine how I would like to see the post if I were someone else, guess that helped
I have got some feedback from some people and I started working on improvements. Those are now available in the play store (see OP for link).
The following things were addressed:
- Added a Dutch translation for images where available (starting from january 1st, 2005). Fresco will automatically select a language for you, but it can be changed in the settings screen.
- Every image has a unique id now (a code)
- At the image archive you can now select an image not only by date, but also by code
- You can now import (or merge) and export favorites
- You can open the source webpage of an image
- Added information about the source of the images in the settings dialog
And some images to indicate the changes
Fan of NASA. Fan of wallpapers. Now a fan of the OP. Nice work.
Suggestion, Post this app to the Nasaspaceflight.com (forums). I'd ask a moderator where to post an they are a bit harsh on rules at times.
Thank you for your contribution. Clean work.
Sent from the Mars Rover.
Beautiful nifty little app and enjoying the translation option to Dutch. Just bought the in-app ad-removal!
Keep up the good work!
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Nice been hoping for a new app, the last few stopped working some time ago. Good job!
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Fan of NASA. Fan of wallpapers. Now a fan of the OP. Nice work.
Suggestion, Post this app to the Nasaspaceflight.com (forums). I'd ask a moderator where to post an they are a bit harsh on rules at times.
Thank you for your contribution. Clean work.
Sent from the Mars Rover.
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Thanks for the nice words, really appreciate them! I checked out the website you mentioned, but it seems they would only post it as advertisements (and although it's pretty cheap, starting $50/month), I don't have that kind of funds (at least not yet). So I think I have to at least postpone that
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Beautiful nifty little app and enjoying the translation option to Dutch. Just bought the in-app ad-removal! Keep up the good work!
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Thanks Thijs, your help is really appreciated and I will do everything in my power to keep the app as cool as it is and keep it updated! ...although I found a bug today, but that'll be addressed
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Nice been hoping for a new app, the last few stopped working some time ago. Good job!
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Thank you and you're welcome!
$50 a month is not a fair rate for which to share a free app with space enthusiasts. I would just post it, and if they delete it, accept it and move on. If they delete the post, they're probably not as interested in space as they claim to be.
Also, I think an option to request setting wallpaper would be appropriate. The other day, it automatically set a pretty lame picture as wallpaper. On its own it wasn't lame at all, it was comparing planets' size (or mass). On its own it's a good picture, but it's a graph, and not really a good choice for a wallpaper. They also regularly post stereoscopic (i.e. 3D) images that would make poor wallpaper choices. I've actually taken to disabling the automatic wallpaper and checking it every couple days, and changing my wallpaper if the new one warrants it, so I suppose that is just as well.
I second your thoughts on the automatic wallpaper selection (had the exact same experience with the graph wallpaper).
Also, today I tried the app on a nexus 7 running android 4.2.1 and it just crashed on launch (I sent the crash report to Google hoping that it will eventually reach you). So I was wondering whether you could add support for nexus 7 devices.
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Ok, so I typed a complete answer in like 20 minutes and previewed it to check it for errors and guess what? Windows 8 decided to reboot because it installed even more bugs on my computer, ...sigh... Have to retype it again, hold on, will take some time, since I have to go to work now first
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$50 a month is not a fair rate for which to share a free app with space enthusiasts. I would just post it, and if they delete it, accept it and move on. If they delete the post, they're probably not as interested in space as they claim to be.
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Good point, I'll try to check it out later today again. I'll post the results when I have done that .
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Also, I think an option to request setting wallpaper would be appropriate. The other day, it automatically set a pretty lame picture as wallpaper. On its own it wasn't lame at all, it was comparing planets' size (or mass). On its own it's a good picture, but it's a graph, and not really a good choice for a wallpaper. They also regularly post stereoscopic (i.e. 3D) images that would make poor wallpaper choices.
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I second your thoughts on the automatic wallpaper selection (had the exact same experience with the graph wallpaper).
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During the development of the app this has crossed my mind several times, but I could not come up with a good solution. Now the app is live, I too think not all images are suitable wallpapers, especially the ones you mentioned. However, I still like the "unattendedness" of automatically setting the wallpaper, so I have given it some more thought and I think I have come up with a (partial) solution for this "issue".
1. When a new image is available, it will be automatically set as wallpaper
2. A notification will be created with two buttons (revert to previous and randomly select from favorites)
3. Clicking on one of the buttons will directly result in a new wallpaper being set (thus without any more interaction)
4. Clicking on the notification (outside of the buttons), opens a screen with e.g. 10 randomly selected images which you can then set as wallpaper with one click (with or without the possibility to crop).
This is open for discussion for me though, but I think it would be quite cool as I described
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Also, today I tried the app on a nexus 7 running android 4.2.1 and it just crashed on launch (I sent the crash report to Google hoping that it will eventually reach you). So I was wondering whether you could add support for nexus 7 devices.
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Ouch! That should certainly not happen. I did try it on the emulator with the same specs and that worked (except for the layout, but that will be addressed). I also tried it in an electronics store where I live (lol) and that worked too. I have seen some crash reports, so I will be addressing them, my question for now is: did you experience this issue after it was correctly started once, or doesn't it start at all? I will try to reproduce it again in the emulator. I am aware of an issue that sometimes occurs after you re-focus the app after a long time of inactivity, that issue has been solved, I'm not sure if your issue is related to that.
On a sidenote I have been working on indexing the NASA image of the day images too. I will add those in Fresco too, but the only question is: when you have the auto wallpaper feature enabled, which one will be selected?
Your solution can work, but maybe it's too complicated. I like the random idea. Maybe show the new image (JB expanded notification) and say "Set, Random, Pick". Set makes it your wallpaper. Random takes one from your favorites, like you said. And Pick opens your favorites and lets you pick one. Set and Random crop for you, where Pick would let you crop it yourself.
Full disclosure: I'm actually rocking the live wallpaper from GO's neXt Launcher, though. (The launcher is $15.99 -- ouch! -- but the LWP is free. Not plugging it, just saying. But I will go back to space wallpapers sooner than later, I don't like what LWP's do to my battery. And GO stuff is kinda terribad anyway, but this one at least looks nice.)